If it wasn't so brilliantly shot I'd have no qualms about not watching it, but I would genuinely miss the beautiful photography of it. In HD some sequences are truly breathtaking. But that's just me being a bit of a ponce!

If it wasn't so brilliantly shot I'd have no qualms about not watching it, but I would genuinely miss the beautiful photography of it. In HD some sequences are truly breathtaking. But that's just me being a bit of a ponce!

I have to agree, some shots are staggeringly good. I especially like the slow motion sequencing they do when drifting or at full throttle. Also the music is often well judged. It's a very well produced show...

I think the presenters are inherently the right people. When they are on a test they exude enthusiasm and passion. It's the sequences in the studio that piss me off most - mostly JCs ego trip and Hammond playing the fool..

but thats only cos deb's tits were hangin around her lap, a bit like her face

dragons den is equally shite, so combining the two just made it worse.

clarksons half hour single indulgent foray into building a car was useless. the staging used to be much funnier, although you knew the joke was coming it was still funny. now its just something that I could have written.

im hoping they thought it was the weakest of the programmes with regards to contents, and so the best is yet to come.
when my mrs asked why I was watching this drivel, I didnt actually have an answer.

Poor show last night. As others have said, the P45 bit was utter shite, I think I laughed the first time he banged his head but that's about it. There was no need for it to take up 20+mins. Lets hope the rest of the series is better as I used to love this show.

I keep forgetting to post this, but did anyone else notice the really fit blonde behind Clarkson in the 'news' section? Very strategically placed but it meant I couldn't focus on anything else for that part!

I'll admit that I weakened and started watching it. I also set up a series link on the old Sky+.

Got as far as the P45 thing and turned it off. Deleted the series link too. It was appalling. I would never tire of inflicting physical pain on either Hammond or Clarkson. Oddly May I don't mind too much.

The little joke at the beginning regarding nothing having changed so hurrah! Did they mean nothing had changed and that they'd carry on doing wild and wacky things with cars? Or that nothing had changed and that they'd carry on doing exactly the same wild and wacky things with cars? I can't believe it would be the latter. Wouldn't a producer or some BBC bod step in and say 'hang on chaps, this all looks a bit familiar...'